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Focus session · decluttering · 90 min

90-minute focus session for decluttering with distant traffic, when you are at home and cannot settle

90 minutes on decluttering — one surface at a time. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.

90:00

Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.

Notice the heaviest part of your body right now. Let it be heavy. Being at home and unable to settle is a very specific problem. We'll be efficient and then you can get on with your day.

1 Before you start

  • Turn off notifications for the next block, not just to silent.
  • Decide that today's session does not have to be good. It has to happen.
  • Take one slow breath before you press start, so the session has a beginning.
  • Plan to leave the last two minutes for writing down where to pick up next time.
  • Have a piece of paper beside you for the thoughts that will try to interrupt.

2 While the timer runs

  • When the timer feels too long, look at it less. The clock is not the task.
  • If the task suddenly feels impossible, make it smaller rather than stopping. One paragraph. One function. One row.
  • If you feel restless, change your posture rather than your task.
  • If a thought will not leave, give it one line on the page and return to the task.

3 When it ends

  • Look out of a window for thirty seconds. Your eyes have been at one distance for a while.
  • Do not immediately open the thing you were avoiding. Give the block a proper end.
  • Have a drink of water before you check anything.

4What to put on

distant traffic — A low continuous wash from a road you are not on. Familiar and easy to stop hearing.

This page is a tool, not a course. Nothing is tracked, nothing is saved, and nobody is told whether you finished.

If this block does not fit, try 45-minute focus session for editing with rain on a window, after a difficult conversation, Deep work timer: 50 minutes of design work (a washing machine), when nothing else has worked today or 25-minute editing session with distant thunder and a timer, if you have five quiet minutes.